diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 217b730..ece18b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,3 @@ debug = false
 panic = "abort"
 # Opt into extra safety checks on arithmetic operations https://stackoverflow.com/a/64136471/249801
 overflow-checks = true
-
-[workspace]
-members = []
diff --git a/ava.config.cjs b/ava.config.cjs
index a2c69b9..c488d9d 100644
--- a/ava.config.cjs
+++ b/ava.config.cjs
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-require('util').inspect.defaultOptions.depth = 5; // Increase AVA's printing depth
+require("util").inspect.defaultOptions.depth = 5; // Increase AVA's printing depth
 
 module.exports = {
-  timeout: '300000',
-  files: ['**/*.ava.ts'],
+  timeout: "300000",
+  files: ["**/*.ava.ts"],
   failWithoutAssertions: false,
-  extensions: [
-    'ts'
-  ],
-  require: [
-    'ts-node/register',
-  ],
-};
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+  extensions: ["ts"],
+  require: ["ts-node/register"],
+};
diff --git a/integration-tests/js/test.js b/integration-tests/js/test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5510f72..0000000
--- a/integration-tests/js/test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-const nearAPI = require("near-api-js");
-const BN = require("bn.js");
-const fs = require("fs").promises;
-const assert = require("assert").strict;
-
-function getConfig(env) {
-  switch (env) {
-    case "sandbox":
-    case "local":
-      return {
-        networkId: "sandbox",
-        nodeUrl: "http://localhost:3030",
-        masterAccount: "test.near",
-        contractAccount: "status-message.test.near",
-        keyPath: "/tmp/near-sandbox/validator_key.json",
-      };
-  }
-}
-
-const contractMethods = {
-  viewMethods: ["get_status"],
-  changeMethods: ["set_status"],
-};
-let config;
-let masterAccount;
-let masterKey;
-let pubKey;
-let keyStore;
-let near;
-
-async function initNear() {
-  config = getConfig(process.env.NEAR_ENV || "sandbox");
-  const keyFile = require(config.keyPath);
-  masterKey = nearAPI.utils.KeyPair.fromString(
-    keyFile.secret_key || keyFile.private_key
-  );
-  pubKey = masterKey.getPublicKey();
-  keyStore = new nearAPI.keyStores.InMemoryKeyStore();
-  keyStore.setKey(config.networkId, config.masterAccount, masterKey);
-  near = await nearAPI.connect({
-    deps: {
-      keyStore,
-    },
-    networkId: config.networkId,
-    nodeUrl: config.nodeUrl,
-  });
-  masterAccount = new nearAPI.Account(near.connection, config.masterAccount);
-  console.log("Finish init NEAR");
-}
-
-async function createContractUser(
-  accountPrefix,
-  contractAccountId,
-  contractMethods
-) {
-  let accountId = accountPrefix + "." + config.masterAccount;
-  await masterAccount.createAccount(
-    accountId,
-    pubKey,
-    new BN(10).pow(new BN(25))
-  );
-  keyStore.setKey(config.networkId, accountId, masterKey);
-  const account = new nearAPI.Account(near.connection, accountId);
-  const accountUseContract = new nearAPI.Contract(
-    account,
-    contractAccountId,
-    contractMethods
-  );
-  return accountUseContract;
-}
-
-async function initTest() {
-  const contract = await fs.readFile("./res/status_message.wasm");
-  const _contractAccount = await masterAccount.createAndDeployContract(
-    config.contractAccount,
-    pubKey,
-    contract,
-    new BN(10).pow(new BN(25))
-  );
-
-  const aliceUseContract = await createContractUser(
-    "alice",
-    config.contractAccount,
-    contractMethods
-  );
-
-  const bobUseContract = await createContractUser(
-    "bob",
-    config.contractAccount,
-    contractMethods
-  );
-  console.log("Finish deploy contracts and create test accounts");
-  return { aliceUseContract, bobUseContract };
-}
-
-async function test() {
-  // 1. Creates testing accounts and deploys a contract
-  await initNear();
-  const { aliceUseContract, bobUseContract } = await initTest();
-
-  // 2. Performs a `set_status` transaction signed by Alice and then calls `get_status` to confirm `set_status` worked
-  await aliceUseContract.set_status({ args: { message: "hello" } });
-  let alice_message = await aliceUseContract.get_status({
-    account_id: "alice.test.near",
-  });
-  assert.equal(alice_message, "hello");
-
-  // 3. Gets Bob's status and which should be `null` as Bob has not yet set status
-  let bob_message = await bobUseContract.get_status({
-    account_id: "bob.test.near",
-  });
-  assert.equal(bob_message, null);
-
-  // 4. Performs a `set_status` transaction signed by Bob and then calls `get_status` to show Bob's changed status and should not affect Alice's status
-  await bobUseContract.set_status({ args: { message: "world" } });
-  bob_message = await bobUseContract.get_status({
-    account_id: "bob.test.near",
-  });
-  assert.equal(bob_message, "world");
-  alice_message = await aliceUseContract.get_status({
-    account_id: "alice.test.near",
-  });
-  assert.equal(alice_message, "hello");
-}
-
-test();
diff --git a/integration-tests/rs/Cargo.toml b/integration-tests/rs/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94d0c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[package]
+name = "rust-status-message-integration-tests"
+version = "1.0.0"
+publish = false
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0"
+borsh = "0.9"
+maplit = "1.0"
+near-units = "0.2.0"
+# arbitrary_precision enabled for u128 types that workspaces requires for Balance types
+serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["arbitrary_precision"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.18.1", features = ["full"] }
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.11", features = ["env-filter"] }
+workspaces = "0.2.1"
+pkg-config = "0.3.1"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "set"
+path = "src/set.rs"
diff --git a/integration-tests/rs/src/set.rs b/integration-tests/rs/src/set.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b778dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/rs/src/set.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use serde_json::json;
+use near_units::parse_near;
+use workspaces::prelude::*;
+
+const WASM_FILEPATH: &str = "../../res/status_message.wasm";
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let worker = workspaces::sandbox().await?;
+    let wasm = std::fs::read(WASM_FILEPATH)?;
+    let contract = worker.dev_deploy(&wasm).await?;
+
+    // create accounts
+    let owner = worker.root_account();
+    let alice = owner
+    .create_subaccount(&worker, "alice")
+    .initial_balance(parse_near!("30 N"))
+    .transact()
+    .await?
+    .into_result()?;
+
+    // begin test
+    alice
+        .call(&worker, contract.id(), "set_status")
+        .args_json(json!({ "message": "hello" }))?
+        .transact()
+        .await?;
+
+    let alice_status: String = owner
+        .call(&worker, contract.id(), "get_status")
+        .args_json(json!({ "account_id": alice.id() }))?
+        .transact()
+        .await?
+        .json()?;
+
+    assert_eq!(alice_status, "hello");
+    println!("Passed ✅");
+    Ok(())
+}
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diff --git a/integration-tests/js/main.ava.ts b/integration-tests/ts/main.ava.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from integration-tests/js/main.ava.ts
rename to integration-tests/ts/main.ava.ts
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 246b65e..5d31cb1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "test": "npm run test:unit && npm run test:integration",
     "test:unit": "cargo test -- --nocapture",
     "test:integration": "npm run build && npm run postbuild && npm run test:integration:rs && npm run test:integration:ts",
-    "test:integration:rs": "cd integration-tests/rs && cargo run --example ",
+    "test:integration:rs": "cd integration-tests/rs && cargo run --example set",
     "test:integration:ts": "ava --verbose"
   },
   "repository": {